Performance · Production
Kevin Johnson
Australian rock artist
Australia • b. 1943-07-03
Kevin Johnson is credited on 76 releases across 30 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
76
Pressings credited
30
Albums
7
Decades active
5
In collections
Biography
Kevin Stephen Johnson (born 3 July 1942) is an Australian singer-songwriter. Popular in the 1970s, his biggest hit is "Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)", which peaked at No. 4 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in 1973 (as well as reaching the UK Top 40). He also had a top 20 hit with "Bonnie Please Don't Go" (aka "She's Leavin'") in 1971. "Rock and Roll" is one of the most covered songs written by an Australian with 27 different artists recording the song in 1975 alone. Covers of "Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)" came from fellow Australians, Col Joye and Dig Richards, and from international artists, Mac Davis, Terry Jacks, Gary Glitter, Joe Dassin (in French), The Cats and Tom Jones. Davis' rendition became the highest charting version on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 15 in 1975.
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Credited work
76 releases · 30 albums · active 1965–2026
- Performance · 67
- Production · 35
- Other credits · 13
- Engineering · 5
Studios: Studio Masters · Grooveline Studios · Digital City Studios · ABC Studio 221
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Nick Holder
- Uptown/Downtown
- Noël Nanton
- Trackheadz
- KJ
- Kaje
- Fusion Element
- Taj (3)
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